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Mike + The Mechanics artist popular songs

Mike + The Mechanics was a rock and pop music band. Member Mike Rutherford solo was also in band Genesis. Paul Young was in Sad Cafe. Paul Carrack was in Ace, Squeeze, and Roxy Music. Each of these three members also had popular solo songs. The greatest hit by Mike + The Mechanics was 1986 number one pop and number one rock song Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground). In 1989, Mike + The Mechanics scored a second number one with The Living Years.